Garage door appliance



Aug. 4,' 1931. -T` KLQSS 1,816,977

GARAGE DOOR APPLIANGE Filed Feb. 26, 1929 Patented Aug. 4, 1931 UNITEDSTATES THOMAS KLOSS, F CAI-ICAGO, ILLINOIS GARAGE DOOR APPLIANCEApplication filed February 26, 1929.

My invention relates to supports for the doors of private garages, andalso to means for the retention of such doors in openrposition, and mymain object is to provide an 5, appliance attaining in one structure thepurposes referred to.

A further object of the invention is to embody a rolling support for thedoor.

A still further object of the invention is to use a unitary base for therolling support and fora stop to retainthe door in open position.

Another object of the invention is to design the appliance with means toretain the door stop in inactive position and accessory means for therelease of the same with the foot.

A final but nevertheless important object of the invention is toconstruct the same in a light and compact body, suitable for easyhandling and application. f

Vith the above objects in view and any others which may suggestthemselves from the specification and claim to follow a betterunderstanding of the invention may be gained by referring to theaccompanying drawings in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thetypical garage door, showing the novel appliance mounted in position;

Figs. 2, 3, 4, are, respectively, sections on lines 22, Sh, 4 4 ofFigure 1;

Fig. 5 Ais an enlarged perspective view of the appliance as seen inFigure 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 denotes a typical privategarage door, to the inner side of which the novel appliance is secured,preferably at the outer end of the door.

The appliance has for its foundation a vertically disposed iron strap11, which is bored with a series of holes 12 for the application ofbolts 18, screws or other suitable means to secure the strap firmly tothe door. Opposite the bottom of the door, the strap is formed with aforward bend 14, which is fitted with a caster wheel 15.

About midway between its ends, the strap 11 is laterally recessed fromboth sides, as indicated at 16, to define two forwardly directed ears 17disposed in'vertical planes.

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Between these ears lies the eye 18 of an upwardly extending rod 19, sucheye being pivotally mounted on a pin 20 lodged in the ears 17. The upperend of the strap 11 is also cut in from the sides to define a clip 21which to' receives the rod 19 and holds the same by spring' tension.

As far as described the appliance includes first, a caster or rollersupport 15 which supports the outer end of the door and prevents thesame from sagging, second the rod 19, which is designed to form thestop. After the garage door has been opened wide, the rod 19 is swungout and dropped to the position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2,whereby to engage the ground and stop the return of the door from theinfluence of wind or other pressure. Thus, with the appliance carried byboth the swinging doors of the garage, the stops 19 will retain thedoors in Wide open position for the unobstructed passage of the vehicle.

In order that one maynot stoop to manually release the stop rod 19 fromthe clip 21, I have devised a handy expedient which may T5 be actuatedby foot pressure. Thus, the strap 11 is cut in from one side asindicated at 22 to define a forwardly projecting tongue 23 and in thistongue is journaled an angle hook 24. One portion of this hook is alateral bend 25 which is disposed behind the rod 19; and other portionof the hook is the forward bend 26. Vhen one steps on the bend 26 todepress the same, the hook will rock and impinge upon the rod 19 withthe bend 25 where- )1" by to unseat the rod from the clip 21 and causethe same to fall to the ground for service as a stop in the sensepreviously described. The fall of the bend 26 is limited by a lug 27projecting laterally from the tongue 23, so that when the rod 19 isagain raised to be placed into inactive position, it will bear upon thebend 25 of the angle hook 24 to restore the latter to its originalposition. n

It will be seen that the novel appliance secures in one compact unit theuse of a rolling support for the door with a stop for the same, and alsoa handy actuator to release the stop for service. The peculiar formationof the strap to accommodate the features of the inf lOl ventioneliminates the use of extra parts which occasion expense, labor andtendencies Y toward looseness and other disorders. The

appliance is capable of being produced by machine methods, and itssimplicity predicates a minimum manufacturing cost.k

I claim A door stop comprising an integra-l'sheet metal bracket havingformed on its upper end a substantially Ueshaped spring clip providedwith laterally turned lips, outwardly bent Y perforated ears formedsubstantially midway between the ends of the bracket, avertiea'llyAsWingable stop bar pivoted'betvveen said ears V and normally retained ininoperative position l" by said U-shaped clip portion, an outwardly bentperforated portion arranged intermed'iate said lips and said ears andhaving a vertically movable bell crank journaled therein, said bellcrank being provided with a lateral extension engageable With the stopbar torelease said bar from the clip portion of the support.

In testimony Whereoil affix my signature.

THOMAS KLOSS.

